For Liaoning of the Chinese Basketball Association, the 6-10 Jones averaged 15.8 points and 10.4 rebounds this season. He played parts of the 2011-12 season with the New Orleans Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers, and played 58 games with the Atlanta Hawks in his first NBA season in 2006-07.

The Knicks plan to release veteran Kurt Thomas, out for the season with an injury, to make room on the roster for Jones, 28.